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Gophers Improve Times in Sweep of UND
11/4/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
The women's and men's Minnesota swimming and diving teams swept North Dakota on Friday at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center. The men won 199-96, while the women won 203-90.
"We have a number of areas where some student-athletes who don't always have an opportunity to shine really had an opportunity to shine today, so it was a great meet for us," head coach Kelly Kremer said. "Since we started, everybody's been following the process of trying to get better day to day."
MEN - W, 199-96
Minnesota won 15 of 16 events, and started the meet off strong, sweeping the top spots in the 200-yard medley relay. Minnesota A, which consisted of Noah Busch, Conner McHugh, Daryl Turner and Bowe Becker finished in first place with a time of 1:29.54.
Brian Poon led the Gophers with a win that was also his in-season best during the 200-yard breaststroke (2:02.81). On top of that, he won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:40.07.
Nick Orf posted a season-best time of 1:50.63 to secure a first-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly.
The Gophers finished 1-2-3 in the 200 fly and 200-yard backstroke, and 1-2-3-4 in 100-yard butterfly. In the 200 fly, the top finishers were Orf, Garner Kohrell and Matthew Thomas. In the 200 back it was Tyler Klatt, Jack Tribble and Parker Lemke.
Minnesota tallied 1-2-3-4 in the 100-yard butterly, with top finishes from Tuomas Pokkinen (season-best 48.68), Paul Fair, Bowe Becker and Thomas.
Other Gophers posting first place finishes were Busch in the 100-yard backstroke (51.02), Redondo in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:18.58, the best 1,000 by a Gopher this fall), John Bushman in the 100-yard breaststroke (season-best 55.35), Daryl Turner in the 100-yard freestyle (45.16), Plachinski in the 500-yard freestyle (4:31.97) and Jakub Maly in the 400-yard individual medley (3:54.36).
Minnesota closed out the meet with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Its top finishers were Fair, Becker, Doerr and Turner in 2:59.31.
Matt Barnard had another solid performance on the springboards, sweeping the events. He posted a score of 375.9 in 1-meter diving, and 392.10 in 3-meter diving.
WOMEN - W, 203-90
The Gophers captured wins in all 16 events. They opened with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, which consisted of Zoe Avestruz, Lindsey Horejsi, Danielle Nack and Allison Schumacher (1:41.72).
After assisting the Gopher relay in a win, Avestruz was able to achieve two individual wins in the 100-yard backstroke (56.49) and 100-yard freestyle (51.30). Avestruz's time in the 100 free was a season best.
Chantal Nack posted a career in-season best during the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:50.48.
Breanne Siwicki won both the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:06.89) and the 400-yard individual medley (4:23.59).
During the meet, the Gophers captured the top three spots multiple times, including the 1,000-yard freestyle led by Siwicki, followed by the 200-yard backstroke led by Holmquist and 200-yard breaststroke led by Kaela Marcus.
The Gophers also clinched the top four spots in the 400-yard individual medley, which was led by Siwicki.
Other Gophers with first place finishers were Rae Bullinger in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.31), Rina Krupsky in the 200-yard butterfly (season-best 2:03.90), Isabel Whited in the 500-yard freestyle (5:03.21), and Schumacher in the 100-yard butterfly (season-best 56.52).
Sarah Bacon and Lexi Tenenbaum split the wins on the diving springboards. Bacon captured 1-meter with a score of 317.10, while Tenenbaum posted a score of 355.20 in 3-meter.
Minnesota closed off the meet with another relay win in 3:25.47. The top finishing 400-yard freestyle relay group consisted of Avestruz, Danielle Nack, Allison Schumacher and Abigail Raatz (3:25.47).
Note: For both the Minnesota men and women, non-first-place finishers' races after the 100 free counted as exhibition swims.
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